This one-day meeting, preceding the ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥appÏÂÔØDG Postgraduate Meeting 2015, follows from previous successful meetings and is again planned to offer a forum for the managers and staff of ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥appÏÂÔØ Facilities across the UK to meet and discuss common challenges and solutions that arise in operating ÐÂÔÂÖ±²¥appÏÂÔØ laboratories.